For sale is an amazing desk almost certainly made for a lady to use for writing her letters, etc in the 19th century . One rarely ever see these anymore not that they were common at all at any point. This one here is made of wood that has a black paint to it and is decorated with lots of brass or bronze design elements applied to the wood and around all these absolutely amazing porcelain plaques all over the piece. There are 20 porcelain plaques - the bottom front is a drawer that has two rectangular plaques on it of people in a landscape surrounding with a gold trim around the scene and an amazing blue trim around the edge. The plaques are held in place by brass or bronze mounts as well as being glued to the wood. Each of the plaques is 8.5 inches wide and about 1.875 inches tall or at le